Gale-Dragon: Back with Chappy 3. This chappy is mainly about Zon's perks. I only own Zon Telvark and Koth Methan. And I apologise for the late update, computer troubles.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

*Time skips, scene change, flashback, or any combination of the three*

Playing with Words

"Hey, Master Fisto," Skywalker said towards the more experienced Jedi.

"A question about Zon, I presume?" Fisto said with no surprise. Skywalker merely nodded. Zon, who was following the duo with his trusty doll in hand, smiled.

"When we were on the ship, Zon called me by my first name, but when we got off the ship, he called me 'Trouble', any idea why?" Skywalker questioned his superior.

"It's one of Zon's habits. When he meets you for the first time, he'll call you by your first name, but once he gets to know you, sometimes it's the first impression, he'll give you a nickname and he'll just call you that from then on (1)," Fisto explained.

"Whether you like your nickname or not, like me," Koth said gloomily as he hunched his shoulders. Zon chuckled a bit.

"Hey, Zon-Zon, what did Skywalker do to earn the name Trouble?" Fisto asked glancing back at his old friend with his smile.

"Hack into the Jedi files and read his info as well as the other Jedi," Zon simply said. That made the two Jedi halt dead in their tracks, and Koth as well.

"Zon, please tell me you're just joking," Koth said nervously.

"Nope," Zon said bluntly, then added, "I did it so I don't feel left out and the introduction wouldn't be awkward."

"I think you're the one who's going to make this awkward," Skywalker muttered.

"Don't worry, I fixed the protection system," Zon said with a big grin.

"That's good," Fisto stated with a nervous smile. He looked at Koth and said, "You might want to pull out that note-taker of yours."

"Right, but I wish he didn't go off and do his own thing," Koth said in a dull tone. Zon and Fisto chuckled a bit while Skywalker rolled his eyes.

*5 minutes later*

Mace Windu was waiting for the two Jedi, the Technopath, and the nerve wreck at the end of the corridor.

"Hi, Hammer," Zon said happily. Windu raised an eyebrow.

"That was quick," Koth muttered, typing down in his pad. "Um, what is your name and how do you spell it, sir?" Koth asked politely while looking at Windu. He told Koth how it was spelt.

"Why did he just call me 'Hammer'?" Windu questioned as he pointed to a smiling Zon as he went around greeting the other Jedi.

"One of his habits," the three others said in unison. Windu raised his eyebrow again.

"I'll explain more clearly once everyone has a name," Fisto said as he motioned the others to follow.

After a few minutes, every Jedi in the room had a nickname and all wanted to know why. Koth had written down everyone's name and Zon went to the window and stared outside.

Luminara Unduli, Yoda, Aayla Secura, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Plo Koon were the other Jedi in the council hall (2).

"Sorry about Zon, he tends to do this," Koth said nervously.

"He'll give a person a nickname based on their name, personality, or both. Plus he hacked into the database and read your info. Don't worry, he fixed it and probably made it better," Fisto explained, easing up the uncomfortable atmosphere a bit. "Anyone want an explanation on why their nickname is what he called you?" Fisto asked, seeing the look of confusion on the Jedi's faces.

"I'm kind of curious on why he called me 'Hammer'," Windu asked, giving a slight glance at Zon, who was still looking out the window.

"Let's see," Fisto paused, thinking about Windu's nickname. "I think your nickname's Hammer because you're brave and proud, but mainly because your first name is Mace, which is a type of hammer," as Fisto explained, Windu raised an eyebrow, but it was true. He is a proud, brave Jedi.

"I wish to know why he gave me the name 'Lantern'," Unduli stated as she shot a curious glance at the Technopath, who still looks out the window.

"Your first name is Luminara, which does sound like laminate (3) and an object that illuminates is a lantern," Fisto explained a bit, and he understood.

"Sounds a lot more like a play on words," Kenobi stated, pulling at his beard a bit.

"It always is," Fisto said with a smile. He then added, "What's your nickname, Kenobi?"

"He called me Mr Clever (4). Any idea why" Kenobi said with a shrug.

"You sure he called you that?" Fisto questioned.

"He did. Why?" the orange-red head asked.

"He hasn't used those kinds of names in a while, but I think the reason you're called that is that you tend to make a clever remark once in a while," Fisto enlightened.

"He also called Master Koon 'Mr. Cool' (5)," Kenobi added.

"Two in a row," Fisto muttered, and then he turned to Zon, who still looked out the window, and asked, "Zon-Zon did you complete your collection?" Zon turned to look at Fisto and said a simple yes. He then went back to looking out the window. "That explains it," Fisto stated, as Plo Koon and Obi-Wan Kenobi gave a curious stare at each other. "Sorry, I went off a bit," the green Nautolan apologized. "I think he called Master Koon 'Mr. Cool because he can keep a cool head in nearly any situation," Fisto finished explaining.

"I can't keep a cool head in any situation," Koon stated modestly.

"I said nearly any situation," Fisto said. Koon nodded and turned to look at Zon, but this time he wasn't there.

"Not again," Koth said and was about to walk out of the room to look for the Technopath, but was stopped by Fisto.

"Take another look around the room first before you assume that he's gone," Fisto said pointing at the ceiling. Everyone looked up and saw Zon, who was still looking out the window, but close to the ceiling.

"How…" Secura inquired out loud.

"Anti-gravitational and magnet shoes," Fisto said almost out of nowhere. The other Jedi and Koth looked at him. "What? He told me what they were in arts-and-crafts back when we were in primary-education school (6), although I don't know where he got the supplies for them," Fisto explained, then added, "Sorry I went a bit off-topic, um, who else wanted to know about their nickname?"

"Telvark called me 'Mellow', but I'm not sure why" Secura wondered.

"Okay, I don't think it's your name, so it must be your personality," Fisto explained. "You tend to be calm and mellow," Fisto added after a quick thought. That hit the nail on the head though.

"Guru was the name the Technopath has given me, that he has, but the explanation is not needed, it is not," Yoda said as he walked, with his trusty cane, over to the window out looking the city.

"Of course, because you're the main 'Wise Man' here," Kenobi stated.

"I think you are getting this, now as a final quiz, why is Skywalker called 'Trouble'?" Fisto commented.

"Wait, I thought you didn't know why I was called that," Skywalker stated.

"Before we learned that Zon hacked into the files," Fisto added. Skywalker scrawled a bit.

"It's easy. Telvark called Anakin Trouble because he's a troublemaker," Kenobi stated rubbing/pulling at his beard.

"I am not a troublemaker," Skywalker claimed as he leaned against the wall, pushing a button in the process, and activating the emergency lockdown sequence to the Council Hall (sealing the doors and windows) and turning off the lights.

"'Not a troublemaker', I highly doubt that," Kenobi commented through the darkness, Skywalker gave a nervous chuckle in return. The lights turned on and the doors and windows opened.

"There we go," Zon said suddenly. The Jedi and Koth looked at Zon and saw that his coal-black eyes were glowing bright orange. "You can't see out with closed doors and windows, right, Kit-o?" Zon said with a smile.

"That's true," Fisto said with a nervous chuckle. Zon grinned happily and held his doll close.

*30 minutes later*

A pair of Clones led Zon and Koth to a work area. Zon asked the Clones if they got rid of the monster. The other Jedi were confused about it. Fisto mouthed to the Clones to go along with it.

After Zon, Koth and the Clones left. Fisto explained the whole 'monster' thing to the other Jedi. Skywalker was pink for a while, and Fisto went off to meditate.

"There's one thing that's still bugging me," Skywalker said out loud.

"What might that be, Anakin?" Kenobi asked as they walked down a corridor to Zon's new workshop.

"Telvark's nickname for Master Fisto. I mean, he said it himself, 'The nicknames are either based on the name, personality, or both', and it doesn't seem that Master Fisto's nickname is much different from his first name, minus the 'o'," Skywalker explained.

"I see what you mean. Maybe you should ask, then," Kenobi said pushing a button on the wall next to a metallic door.

"Maybe I shou…. Whoa," Skywalker said in mid-sentence as he saw that the walls were lined with metallic static, as well as hooks, metal tables that held workmen's tools aligned in alphabetical order, and one big table with scattered mechanics on it.

"Zon works fast," Kenobi started looking around a newly redesigned workplace.

"It was easy," Zon said, popping out of nowhere, thus startling both Jedi.

"Could you not do that?" both Jedi said at once.

"Sorry, but I can't help it," Zon bluntly said as he hugged the ever-present old, worn, starry patterned doll, and both Jedi noticed it.

"Why do you carry around a doll?" Skywalker asked pointing at it.

"It's not a doll, it's Starry," Zon responded.

"Okay, why do you carry around… Starry?" Skywalker corrected awkwardly.

"I like what Starry's made of," Zon said happily passing the two to get into the workshop.

"You mean the fabric?" Kenobi asked.

"Of course, Mr Clever, what else could Starry be made of," Zon said as tools started floating towards the table with mechanical parts. Kenobi and Skywalker looked at each other momentarily.

"Where and when did you get Starry?" Skywalker asked as they watched Zon make what ever he was making.

"Kit-o gave Starry to me before he left to be a Jedi," Zon said not looking at the two, but at his work.

"He did?" Kenobi asked.

"Yep, but it was mean of him not to tell me he was leaving, but it was his destiny to be a Jedi as mine was to be a Technopath. You know I wonder how Punch, Punk, Fang, 1, 2, and 3 are doing?" Zon said changing the subject (7).

Well, the two Jedi got their answer, but they had no idea who the people Zon mentioned were. Koth entered the workshop with a nervous look on his face.

"Zon, can you please not wander off like that. It makes me nervous," Koth said, nervously of course.

"What doesn't make you nervous?" Skywalker said sarcastically.

"Maybe~," Zon said in a sing-songy voice. Koth sighed disappointment, Zon's maybes tended to mean no.

"Methen, do you always write every nickname to every person?" Kenobi asked the grey being as Zon continued to work.

"I kind of have to. Zon will only call a person by their nickname once they have one. I wish he didn't call me Moth though," Koth explained sadly. Then he added, "Why do you ask?"

"Telvark mentioned a Punch, a Punk, Fang, 1, 2, and 3. Any idea who they are," Skywalker asked.

"No, I kinda only record more recent ones. They're probably childhood friends. I need to ask Master Fisto about them," Methen muttered a bit.

"Done," Zon said suddenly and happily. The two Jedi and Methen glanced at the Technopath, who was walking out the door with a metal sign. When he was out, Zon drilled the sign to the wall next to the door. The trio looked at the sign which read 'Zon Telvark's Workshop, Please Knock Four Times If You Want to Come in unless the Red Light is On.' Under the words was a red light that was turned off. "Now my workshop is complete," Zon stated with a smile.

"Nice way to finish it off," Skywalker said, not knowing what he said, but it made Zon happy.

*With Grievous*

Grievous was pacing the floor thinking about how the Technopath eluded him. He had the ship surrounded and no way of going into hyperdrive, but he somehow got away. The Technopath was right under his faceplate and then he wasn't.

"General, you have a message from, Count Dooku," said a droid at the cruiser's control. Grievous walked to a platform and a holographic projection of an Earth man of average height, a full head of short comb back hair, short beard, and loose robes/clothing, and colouring was light blue due to the holographic projector.

"I am curious to know how you let the Technopath getaway, General," said the holo-man.

"I didn't let him getaway. The ship he was on just disappeared right in front of me, Lord Dooku," stated the cyborg.

"And you expect me to believe you didn't let him get away?" the holo-man, Dooku, presumed. Grievous growled. "I'm sending Ventress over to make sure this doesn't happen again," Dooku said before the projection faded.

"Um, General, Ventress is here," said a poor droid, who suddenly lost its head after saying those words. Makes you feel sorry for droids….. Nope.

*Back to the Senate*

Ok, Skywalker asked Telvark at least twenty times why he called Master Fisto Kit-o, but Telvark kept giving him the same answer, which was 'Because Steel called him that' and that didn't make sense to Skywalker, so he decided to go to Fisto and ask him why. Skywalker looked for him high and low but didn't see anything that looked like the green Nautolan around the Senate.

"Looking for something, Trouble?" Telvark said suddenly popping up from behind, and startling Skywalker out of his skin, yet again.

"Will you stop doing that," He said after getting his heart back in the steady beat.

"Sorry….. What are you looking for?" Telvark said plainly, with Starry in hand.

"I'm looking for Master Fisto," Skywalker said wondering if the blue Nautolan saw the green one.

"I just saw Kit-o in the training room," Telvark said. Skywalker thanked the Technopath and headed to the training room.

'Strange he wasn't there when I checked 30 minutes ago, but I guess he went in when I left,' Skywalker thought heading towards the training room. Luck for Skywalker, Fisto was there.

"Skywalker, what brings you here?" Fisto asked smiling.

"I have a question that I asked Telvark, but he didn't exactly tell me the answer," Skywalker explained.

"Really? What's the question?" Fisto asked curious to know what the question was, but before Skywalker could tell the question, a call came in on the communicators. Master Windu, Fisto, Kenobi, and Skywalker needed to report to the hanger deck for a mission. "You might want to hold the question for later Skywalker," Fisto said heading out of the training room. Skywalker muttered a 'You got to be kidding me' as he headed out to.

Two things about this day bugged Skywalker, 1) The nicknames he has to remember when he's talking to Telvark, and 2) The fact that he didn't learn why Master Fisto's nickname was Kit-o. But he could always ask Fisto on the ship.

(1): Somewhat a childish Autism trait

(2): Hall, room, not sure, but I know the names listed are not the Jedi council, they're just using the room momentarily.

(3): I thought that too when I first heard her name.

(4&5): will be explained later in the story.

(6): pre-k basically, I don't know if they do Earthly standers.

(7): Doesn't everyone change the subject suddenly from time to time?

Gale-Dragon: Chappy three is up, and four will be next up, once I can write it. Please review.